Hi everyone from Spain,
I live as a renter in a house and share the yard with the owners. Therefore, my decisions are very limited That is why I'm asking for advice and I thank you in advance.
The owners feed several cats in their yard but do not sterilize any.
A week ago we found 4 kittens in the garden. They are two months old. The mother was very aggressive, so they captured her and abandoned her somewhere else, in a village far away. Cruel, I know, but I can't do anything, other than to try to minimize damage. The owners said they wanted to feed the kittens until they are old and then probably abandon them elsewhere just like their mother. So I decided to try to tame them so they could be given into adoption. I thought it would be "easy" because they were small, thus I took one and put it in a room. My intention was good, but the kitten has been very traumatized. She spent two days without eating (she now eats chicken) and hides in remote places when she hears me enter the room. She has no intention on approaching me or letting me see her. She even bite me once I tried to give her food. I think she would benefit from having a little brother with her, but I do not want to screw another one and have the same results. Obviously, I'm very worried and I do not like having her go through this. I am in favor of not forcing cats's times (it took me 1 year of respectful approach to get to pet and hold my previous cats), but I feel that everything has been precipitated. Does anyone have any advice to give me? I try to avoid entering the room so she feels calm and eats, but this way I will never get her to relax with humans. Should we let her go even if this means she will never approach humans again?
Thank you for this nice forum
I live as a renter in a house and share the yard with the owners. Therefore, my decisions are very limited That is why I'm asking for advice and I thank you in advance.
The owners feed several cats in their yard but do not sterilize any.
A week ago we found 4 kittens in the garden. They are two months old. The mother was very aggressive, so they captured her and abandoned her somewhere else, in a village far away. Cruel, I know, but I can't do anything, other than to try to minimize damage. The owners said they wanted to feed the kittens until they are old and then probably abandon them elsewhere just like their mother. So I decided to try to tame them so they could be given into adoption. I thought it would be "easy" because they were small, thus I took one and put it in a room. My intention was good, but the kitten has been very traumatized. She spent two days without eating (she now eats chicken) and hides in remote places when she hears me enter the room. She has no intention on approaching me or letting me see her. She even bite me once I tried to give her food. I think she would benefit from having a little brother with her, but I do not want to screw another one and have the same results. Obviously, I'm very worried and I do not like having her go through this. I am in favor of not forcing cats's times (it took me 1 year of respectful approach to get to pet and hold my previous cats), but I feel that everything has been precipitated. Does anyone have any advice to give me? I try to avoid entering the room so she feels calm and eats, but this way I will never get her to relax with humans. Should we let her go even if this means she will never approach humans again?
Thank you for this nice forum